"I was once shipwrecked on an island where the people were cannibals. I managed to escape by pretending to be mad."

"I saw a woman in this city who had a pet tiger. She walked it on a leash like a dog. I was quite astonished."

"The people of this city are very strange. They eat rice with their hands, and they do not use spoons or forks like us."

"The women of this country do not veil themselves, and they are not shy. They are very beautiful."

"In Mali, I saw a man eat an entire roasted sheep by himself, and then drink a bucket of sour milk. The people there have stomachs like camels."